Many people ask me what the secret to trading is. Honestly, rather than being about technique, it's more about understanding the market rhythm. During the market movement at the beginning of last year, I helped a trader grow an initial capital of 10,000 USDT to a profit of 850,000 USDT through systematic strategies. The most critical point in this process—rhythm is always more important than specific entry points.

I've interacted with too many traders, and their problems are often not weak analysis skills but a lack of discipline in execution. They jump in as soon as the market starts moving, make some small profits, and then want to exit. Once there's a pullback, they cut losses and admit defeat. This cycle, to put it plainly, is being led by the market rhythm.

In November last year, I personally learned a profound lesson. During that period, Bitcoin repeatedly fluctuated between $35,000 and $38,000, maintaining this range for 12 days straight. I couldn't resist and entered the market three times, rolling positions each time. As a result, I was stopped out three times, and my account shrank from 12,000 USDT to just 8,000 USDT. After that, I set a rule for myself: sideways markets are harvest fields for the big players; not participating is the best strategy.

So when is the right time to act? I summarized a set of "Three Signal Resonance" judgment methods:

**Signal One**: The 4-hour trading volume suddenly surges to more than three times the normal level, indicating that large funds are becoming active.

**Signal Two**: The price strongly breaks through the upper boundary of the recent 15-day consolidation range, usually signaling the true start of a trend.

**Signal Three**: The open interest in futures contracts increases significantly in tandem, as derivatives markets often lead spot markets by half a step.

When these three signals appear simultaneously, it's the time to place a bet. The market movement on the early morning of January 12 this year perfectly exemplified this principle. The key is not how many points you predicted correctly, but whether you seized the true turning point of the market.